Testimony resumes in Shateek Lanier attempted murder trial

TROY - The trial of a 22-year-old man accused of shooting high school basketball star Jarell Reid on a city street last spring resumed Wednesday morning with an account from a police evidence technician who worked the crime scene.

In testimony that began late Tuesday afternoon, Troy Police Officer Martin Farciniti told the jury he arrived only minutes after the shooting, describing the 300 block of 10th Street as an "active, chaotic scene."

After securing the area, Farciniti collected and processed "shells, bullet fragments, a shoe, some blood" from the street and sidewalk.

Of the six 9-mm shell casings recovered, three were found on a sidewalk outside the 18-year-old Reid's mother's house, and three more lying in the street nearby.

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"The shooter fired from two different locations," Farciniti told jurors. "Or he or she could've been moving while shooting."

Prosecutors allege the defendant in the case, Shateek Lanier, fired at Reid as he emerged from his mother's house, chasing him and firing as he tried to flee.

Reid suffered three gunshot wounds to his right leg, interrupting his standout basketball career as a starting forward for Troy High School.

Prosecutors have suggested no motive for the shooting, and testimony from eye-witnesses was expected in the afternoon session before Rensselaer County Court Judge Andrew Ceresia.

Lanier is facing second-degree attempted murder and faces up to 25 years behind bars if convicted.